untangle
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He told the judge it would be impossible to untangle the two companies if they are allowed to combine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Attribution science seeks to untangle how much human-caused climate change shaped a specific heat wave, storm or flood, and its findings now shape litigation and policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
To untangle these possibilities, we need much larger comparative datasets of lesions in wild primates, only then can we begin to trace broader patterns and refine our interpretations of the fossil record.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
“But why not share the information in the diary? Perhaps we could help each other untangle its meaning.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
"This work untangles some of the secrets and shows how N-terminal acetylation shape individual protein fate," Thomas Arnesen concludes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
"It is hard for the government to shore up economic growth unless it untangles the complex knot of weak confidence," said Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank.
From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2023
Copper’s uncle untangles the mystery of the style’s creation, showing how Greek artists brought east by Alexander the Great took up Buddhist subjects, which turned the physical affirmations of their own work more mystically inward.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Momma lets me hug her for a minute, and then she untangles my arms from around her waist.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a sense, then, the alliance is held together by complex supply chains and contractual agreements that could not possibly be untangled overnight.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
With this in mind, to create a map of the true relationships between Myotis bats, Foley and Murphy first untangled the genetic code for hybridization so they could tell more clearly which species were which.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
The divers’ haul one late-summer Sunday wasn’t much, but there were clumps and clumps of fishing line untangled from underwater objects.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
He was swinging upside down off the starboard rail, using his massive strength and his flexible feet to hang on while he untangled some broken oars.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
The novel follows Susan, a queer creative untangling the coulda, woulda, shoulda situationship that has spanned decades, while grappling with the reality of a career that dips and shifts in a changing media landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Taking a stand will involve you untangling years of conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
A great interview for your evening dog walk: Anna Konkle had a difficult childhood, one that she’s still untangling.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
A new study introduces a genome-wide approach for untangling these complex genetic histories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
He was untangling lines, baiting hooks, or helping them reel in a fish.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
